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　　Money doesn't buy happiness

　　As part of the environmental group on campus, my friends and I recently invited a recent college graduate, Colin Davis, to lecture about his deeds in climate change．

　　Davis graduated from Trinity College last spring．Despite a tempting(诱人的)internship(实习期)from Goldman Sachs that thousands of people dream about．Davis chose to ride a bike across the US to interview environmental experts．

　　Davis wasn't a born environmentalist．To prove his bike ride, he had to find a“trendy(新潮的), sexy and good cause”．The cause was climate change．But Davis became more concerned than ever about this issue after the cross-country bike ride．He read hundreds of books on climate change and environmental consulting．Now, he works for non-profitable organizations and serves as a consultant for energy efficiency．

　　One of his messages during his talk,“shopping with a moral in mind”occurred in my mind again and again throughout the day．

　　Facing two similar products in a market, do we stop and read the back before throwing the product into our cart(推车)?We all live in a fast-paced society, but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't take a minute to choose a product that's safer for our bodies and better for the environment．Davis made me know how important it is to be a smart consumer, by supporting organic(有机的)food and green products instead of only looking at the brands．

　　With little age gap and his unique way of presenting serious messages in a light tone, Davis captured the attention of most non“hardcore(中坚的)environmentalists”students．Davis said,“Working for a good cause makes me feel better than being an investment(投资)banker．”

(1)

The bike ride across the US ________．
[　　]
A．	realized Davis's long-time dream of finding out more about climate change
B．	had Davis regretting refusing the internship from Goldman Sachs
C．	made Davis all the more fascinated by the issue of climate change
D．	satisfied Davis because he had made it trendy and profitable

(2)

“Shopping with a moral in mind”means that ________．
[　　]
A．	one should be a smart consumer by calculating the product's value against price
B．	we should stop and read the instructions about calories or health ingredients
C．	we should choose more environmentally-friendly products
D．	it's a good point to buy brand products

(3)

From the text, we can see the author is ________．
[　　]
A．	a college student who is seeking advice about his career
B．	interested in getting a job in Goldman Sachs
C．	a fresh-out-of-college graduate
D．	an enthusiastic environmentalist

(4)

It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
[　　]
A．	nowadays American young people prefer working for a good cause to a high-paid company
B．	Davis did a great job in raising environmental awareness
C．	you have to be rich enough to support organic food
D．	brand products are not always quality products

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第三节完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21￣40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be easy and stress-free. I   21   myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnut (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with   22   customers.
But I wasn't   23    the people with enormous orders, the women who   24 that the coffee was much too creamy (全乳脂的), or the men who wanted their iced coffees   25 again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn't seem to   26 anyone.
One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking 27 . He said he felt like getting in bed, pulling the   28 up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.
29   he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was   30 , since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee, I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.
“It’s   31 me,” I told him. “have a nice day.”
He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the 32 .
The next day, it was still raining. I   33 my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their 34   . I was completely wet and freezing cold.   35 , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our   36   tip jar, I grew more depressed.
In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a 37 ．He said that not many people took time to 38 others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world．With a friendly wave, he drove away．I ran to the back of the shop and read the note．It read:
Christine,
Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday．It's so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely （真诚地） nice．Please don ' t change your   39 ! Have a great day !——Hank
After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness．Then I would smile, hold my head up high,   40   my throat and ask politely, "How can I help you?"
21．A．believed             B．supposed       C．pictured    D．hoped
22．A．particular           B．regular         C．special    D．common
23．A．thinking     B．expecting         C．guessing      D．considering
24．A．complained     B．praised              C．doubted       D．explained
25．A．repeated            B．remade            C．recovered          D．returned
26．A．fit                B．please         C．suit             D．meet
27．A．satisfied             B．anxious         C．upset     D．happy
28．A．hat                B．sheet            C．coat             D．pillow
29．A．Before         B．While        C．Until             D．After
30．A．embarrassed    B．angry              C．surprised       D．glad
31．A．on                  B．after              C．for            D．in
32．A．crowd            B．street          C．shop         D．rain
33．A．spent            B．wasted             C．cost          D．took
34．A．doughnuts       B．coffees      C．orders          D．bags
35．A．Better              B．Later          C．Further       D．Worse
36．A．old             B．full            C．broken              D．empty
37．A．letter          B．gift             C．note              D．bill
38．A．talk about      B．care about            C．hear about     D．know about
39．A．way            B．product          C．mind              D．job
40．A．cut                  B．force             C．raise             D．clear

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　When your parents advise you to“get an education”in order to raise your income, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to provide manpower for your society, but not so much that you prove an embarrassment to your society.

　　Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you will be occupationally dead unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, and you can successfully drop out in grade school. Get a college degree, if possible. With a B. A. , you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master's degree, make sure it is an M. B. A% . , and is famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.

　　Do you know, for instance, that long haul truck drivers earn more per year than full professors? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24,000. While the full professors managed to earn just $ 23,030. A Ph. D. is the highest degree you can get. Except for a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, if you pursue such a degree in any other field, you will face a dim future. There are more Ph. D. s unemployed or underemployed in this country than any other part of the world.

　　If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology (人类学) or political science or languages orworst of allin philosophy(哲学), you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for our needs, mind you, but for our demands. Thousands of Ph. D. s are selling shoes, driving cars, waiting on table, and endlessly filling out applications month after month. They may also take a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor(看门人) earns.

　　You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.

1．According to the writer, what the society expects of education is to turn out people who ________.

[　　]

A．will not be a disgrace to society

B．will become loyal citizens

C．can take care of themselves

D．can meet the nation's demands as a source of manpower

2．Many Ph. D. s are out of job because ________.

[　　]

A．they are improperly educated

B．they are of little commercial value to their society

C．there are fewer jobs in high schools

D．they prefer easier jobs that make more money

3．The nation is only interested in people ________.

[　　]

A．with diplomas

B．who specialize in physics and chemistry

C．who are valuable to the gross national product

D．both A and C

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Bernard Shaw didn't finish high schools, nor did Edison.

B．One must think carefully before pursuing a master degree.

C．The higher your education level, the more money you will earn.

D．If you are too well-educated, you'll be overeducated for　society's demands.

5．The writer sees education as ________.

[　　]

A．a means of providing job security and financial security and a means of meeting a country's demands for technical workers

B．a way to broaden one's horizons(见识)

C．more important than finding a job

D．an opportunity that everyone should have

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My son Paul got a job in a guitar store.It was the first time that he did such a job.The pay was based on a small salary (薪水) and his sales.They offered him some training on how to approach a customer，introduce the product and make the sale.However，he wasn’t doing well.He was very puzzled (困惑的)．

One morning，Paul said to me，“Mom，you used to be a sales trainer.Can you tell me why I’m not doing well？” I said，“The key is that you must love the people you are selling a product to.Never count the money you will make in your mind.Do what is best for them even though they are just buying something small.”

He promised he would try to do so.After some time，his sales began to increase.He became the top salesman in the store and his salary was raised.After six months，he became one of the top ten salesmen in the whole chain of guitar stores around the country.

This company held a big party once a year to honor (给予荣誉) their top ten salespeople.Famous cars，great hotels and wonderful dinners were the prizes.Paul was of course included.After the dinner，the boss of the company asked，“Paul，how did you make it？”

Paul answered，“I don’t want to tell you.You won’t believe me.”

“Of course I’ll believe you.Tell me.”

“I started loving the people who came in，” Paul told him.

The boss replied，“Okay，Paul，now tell me how you really did it.”

71．This passage mainly tells us Paul________.

A．successfully increased his sales by loving customers

B．learned from his mother about the meaning of life

C．found the way to succeed in doing everything

D．found the best way to play the guitar

72．What do we know about Paul?

A．He used to change jobs.

B．He was sure that he couldn’t do the sales job well.

C．He didn’t know why he failed to do the sales job well.

D．He did the sales job just in order to make some pocket money.

73．The underlined word “approach” in the first paragraph can be replaced by“________”．

A．pass by B．deal with

C．look after D．come near to

74．Paul asked his mother for advice because________.

A．his father asked him to do that

B．his mother was a very successful businesswoman

C．his mother was an experienced worker in that store

D．his mother used to train people how to sell products

75. What can we learn from the dialogue between Paul and his boss?

A．Paul played a joke on the boss.

B．The boss didn’t believe what Paul said.

C．The boss finally knew how Paul succeeded.

D．Paul didn’t want to tell the boss how he succeeded.

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第三节完形填空（共20小题，计分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-----40各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

At the end of my senior year of high school, I got a job working at a local coffee shop. I thought the job would be easy and stress-free. I 21 myself pouring the best coffees, making delicious doughnut (炸面包圈), and becoming friends with 22 customers.

But I wasn't 23 the people with enormous orders, the women who 24 that the coffee was much too creamy (全乳脂的), or the men who wanted their iced coffees 25 again and again until they reached perfection. I couldn't seem to __26__ anyone.

One rainy day, one of my regular customers came in looking 27 . He said he felt like getting in bed, pulling the 28 up over his head, and staying there for a few years. I knew exactly how he felt.

29 he left, I handed him a bag along with his iced coffee. He was 30 _, since he hadn’t ordered anything but coffee, I had given him his favorite type of doughnut.

“It’s 31 me,” I told him. “have a nice day.”

He smiled and thanked me before heading back out into the 32 .

The next day, it was still raining. I 33 my afternoon hanging out the window, handing people their 34 . I was completely wet and freezing cold. 35 , no one was tipping that day. Every time I looked into our 36 tip jar, I grew more depressed.

In the evening, the customer from the day before drove up to the window. He handed me a pink rose and a 37 ．He said that not many people took time to 38 others and he was glad there were still people like me in the world．With a friendly wave, he drove away．I ran to the back of the shop and read the note．It read:

Christine,

Thanks for being so sweet, kind and thoughtful yesterday．It's so nice to meet someone who’s genuinely （真诚地） nice．Please don ' t change your 39 ! Have a great day !——Hank

After that, whenever I felt depressed or sick of coffee, I thought of Hank and his kindness．Then I would smile, hold my head up high, 40 my throat and ask politely, "How can I help you?"

21．A．believed B．supposed C．pictured D．hoped

22．A．particular B．regular C．special D．common

23．A．thinking B．expecting C．guessing D．considering

24．A．complained B．praised C．doubted D．explained

25．A．repeated B．remade C．recovered D．returned

26．A．fit B．please C．suit D．meet

27．A．satisfied B．anxious C．upset D．happy

28．A．hat B．sheet C．coat D．pillow

29．A．Before B．While C．Until D．After

30．A．embarrassed B．angry C．surprised D．glad

31．A．on B．after C．for D．in

32．A．crowd B．street C．shop D．rain

33．A．spent B．wasted C．cost D．took

34．A．doughnuts B．coffees C．orders D．bags

35．A．Better B．Later C.Further D．Worse

36．A．old B．full C．broken D．empty

37．A．letter B．gift C.note D．bill

38．A．talk about B．care about C．hear about D．know about

39．A．way B．product C．mind D．job

40．A．cut B．force C．raise D．clear

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